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LYON, France –&nbsp; Gabon’s Minister of Interior, Public Security and Immigration, Guy Bertrand Mapangou, was updated on how INTERPOL’s global tools and services can further enhance national and regional security during a visit to the world police body’s General Secretariat headquarters.With terrorism, border security and transnational organized crime hi...

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania – Enhancing the capacity of Mauritanian police, customs and health regulatory officials to fight counterfeit and illicit medicines was the focus of a training course held under the umbrella of INTERPOL’s Medical Products Counterfeiting and Pharmaceutical Crime (MPCPC) programme.Involving some 40 participants, the training session wa...

ACCRA, Ghana – Law enforcement officers from across West Africa have received specialized training as part of an INTERPOL programme aimed at building policing capacity to strengthen border management.The two-week course (11 – 22 May) at the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra brought together 22 law enforcement officers from im...

KHARTOUM, Sudan – Law enforcement agencies in Sudan have gathered to demonstrate their commitment to combating environmental crime by holding an INTERPOL National Environment Security Seminar (NESS) in Khartoum.
The NESS, hosted by Sudan’s police authorities, was attended by seven Sudanese government and law enforcement agencies as well as officials from...

LYON, France – Identifying emerging smuggling routes and the role of counterfeit documents in drug trafficking across Africa is the focus of the INTERPOL meeting on Project Interflow.The two-day (8 and 9 April) annual working group meeting brings together some 70 drug investigation specialists from 30 countries as well as representatives from the World Cu...

LOMÉ, Togo – A suspected child rapist from Niger accused of kidnapping two girls in Benin after he escaped from a Niamey prison has been arrested in Togo following international cooperation via INTERPOL.Amadou Boubacar was identified and taken into custody following a joint investigation involving police in Benin, Togo and Niger, supported by INTERPOL’s C...

LOMÉ, Togo – Enhancing cooperation between West African countries to better tackle the illegal trade in timber across the region was the focus of an INTERPOL workshop in Togo.In addition to police and forest law enforcement officers from Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Togo, representatives from Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal also attended the two day (10...